Saturday 13 July 2019

TAMIL - PRAISED BUT NOT GIVEN ITS DUE

The Prime Minister of India Praised and Hailed Tamil.

On 16 February 2018 the honourable prime minister Shri. Modiji said: "Tamil is the oldest language. It is older than Sanskrit and is beautiful. I can only say 'vanakkam' (greeting) and I regret I cannot go beyond this." 


Now it is said that the judgments of the supreme court would be translated in six vernacular languages and they are Assamese, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odia and Telugu.

I am not sure what criterion or criteria were followed to come to this conclusion. if it had been decided on the basis of the number of crimes happening in a state or on the basis of the age of the language. it is very clear from the statement of the PM that Tamil is older than Sanskrit. and yet Tamil is the only classical language that is still alive and is used widely. and yet the decision taken not to include Tamil in the translation of the Judgment poses problems in understanding the criteria  used in the procedure.

If you have a criterion in which Tamil would not be selected, Kindly let me know.